To kick off the 10th anniversary of the Victoria Festival of Authors, the VFA’s board is offering an afternoon writing workshop at the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria. Poets and […]

with Tharani Balachandran, Shauntelle Dick Charleson, Jeremy Loveday, Alessandra Naccarato, Sheri-D Wilson, and Brandon Wint Long before there were printing presses, there were poets. Modern spoken word is a euphonic […]

with Robert Davidson, Brian Thomas Isaac, Conor Kerr, katherena vermette, and Terri-Lynn Williams-Davidson. How do memory, family, and land shape the stories we tell—and the futures we imagine? Join a […]

with d’bi.young anitafrika, Wayde Compton, Sonnet L'Abbé, and Paul db Watkins Seemingly insubstantial yet nonexistent without a medium to give it a way from maker to hearer (even when maker […]

with Cecily Nicholson, Christina Shah, and Karen Solie In a world on fire—ecologically, politically, spiritually—what can poetry do? Three acclaimed poets—Karen Solie, Cecily Nicholson, and Christina Shah—join moderator Kyeren Regehr […]

with Ann Y. K. Choi, Elinor Florence, and Jack Wang Historical fiction has the power to transport us to the past, and inspires us to live more powerfully in the […]

with Tawahum Bige, Stephen Collis, Aisha Sasha John, and Karen Solie A much-loved event at the Victoria Festival of Authors’, the Forest Poet/Tree Walk returns this year. Come explore W̱MÍYEŦEN […]

with S. Bear Bergman, jaye simpson, and Kai Cheng Thom In a time when stories are challenged, silenced, or erased, writing becomes more than just craft—it becomes resistance. This powerful […]

with Marilyn Bowering, Junie Désil, and Christine Lowther Return again to W̱MÍYEŦEN (wh-my-eh-then: place of the deer) Nature Sanctuary (formerly known as Mary Lake) for one of the festival’s annual delights, where […]

with Joseph Dandurand, Jess Housty, and jaye simpson Poetry, for many, begins in silence—but for these Indigenous writers, it ends in resonance. This virtual panel brings together poets whose work […]

with Maria Reva, Madeleine Thien, and PP Wong Is time an illusion? Are any of us every really safe or free? This year’s fiction panel brings together three novelists’ insightful […]

Master class with Karen Solie “Poetry is the way we help give name to the nameless so that it may be thought.” – Audre Lorde, “Poetry is Not a Luxury” […]

Workshop for ages 8-12 Who will your next story be about? In this fun, hands-on workshop for young writers, participants will invent an original character from the ground up. Led […]

Workshop for ages 13-18 In this hands-on workshop for teens, participants will dive into the thrilling world of speculative fiction. Led by Story Studio instructors, young writers will brainstorm and […]

with Uma Krishnaswami and Giselle Vriesen Join authors Giselle Vriesen and Uma Krishnaswami for a powerful conversation about writing stories that resonate with today’s youth. From fantasy worlds to real-world […]

Join us for an unforgettable conversation with acclaimed Canadian author Kenneth Oppel, whose bestselling books have captivated generations of young readers. From the thrilling skies of Airborn to the mysterious […]

“As train crashes went, technically the Montparnasse Derailment of October 22, 1895, was a minor one.” So writes Emma Donoghue about the catastrophe at the heart of her latest novel, The […]